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Alain Prost won the 1988 Mexican Grand Prix

Alain Prost won the 1988 Mexican Grand Prix for McLaren, ahead of Ayrton Senna and Gerhard Berger at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez.

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Race recap

Winner
Alain Prost
Team
McLaren
Top listed
Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna, and Gerhard Berger
Race date
May 29, 1988
Pole
Ayrton Senna
Fastest lap
Alain Prost
Classified drivers
31
Circuit
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez

The decisive result

Alain Prost finished first for McLaren. Ayrton Senna is listed 2 for McLaren, with Gerhard Berger 3 for Ferrari.

Grid to finish

Stefan Johansson from P24 to P10 (+14), Luis Pérez-Sala from P25 to P11 (+14), and Yannick Dalmas from P22 to P9 (+13) recorded the largest positive grid-to-finish changes in the classification. Ayrton Senna started from the listed P1 grid position.

Status and fastest lap

The classification lists 5 Engine, 4 +4 laps, 4 DNQ, 3 +1 lap, and 3 Finished. Alain Prost holds the fastest-lap entry at 1:18.608 on lap 52. It records the result without speculating about incidents or strategy.

This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Jul 26, 2026.

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Race classification
PosDriverConstructorTime / statusPoints
1Alain ProstMcLaren1:30:15.7379
2Ayrton SennaMcLaren1:30:22.8416
3Gerhard BergerFerrari1:31:13.0514
4Michele AlboretoFerrari+1 lap3
5Derek WarwickArrows+1 lap2
6Eddie CheeverArrows+1 lap1
7Alessandro NanniniBenetton+2 laps0
8Thierry BoutsenBenetton+3 laps0
9Yannick DalmasLola+3 laps0
10Stefan JohanssonLigier+4 laps0
11Luis Pérez-SalaMinardi+4 laps0
12Philippe StreiffAGS+4 laps0
13Oscar LarrauriEuroBrun+4 laps0
14Gabriele TarquiniColoni+5 laps0
15Piercarlo GhinzaniZakspeed+6 laps0
16Ivan CapelliMarch+6 laps0
DNFNelson PiquetTeam LotusEngine0
DNFAndrea de CesarisRialGearbox0
DNFSatoru NakajimaTeam LotusEngine0
DNFNigel MansellWilliamsEngine0